Combination dripper and steeper



G. H. NlcHoLLs." COMBINATION 4DRIPPER AND STEEPER.

. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22. 15H9.` 1,366,824. Patented 1m z5, 1921.v

INVENTUR A MMO/f;

GEORGE HABBER'ION NICHOLLS, DE BEAUMONT, TEXAS.

COIVIBINATON DRIPPER AND STEEPER.

Application :filed October 22, 1919.

To aZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, .Gnonon Hannnnron NrcHoLLs, a citizen oi' the United States, and a resident oit Beaumont, in the count;7 ot Jefferson and State oi Texas, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Combination Drippers and Steepers, ot which the :tollowing is a speciiication.

My invention is an improvement in combination drippers and steepers, and has for its object to provide a device of the charn acter specilied for preparing beverages such as tea and coiiee, wherein a strainer is provided for supporting the material to be steeped, the' said strainer having means Jfor engaging the top of a tea or coiiiee pot to support the strainer in the tea or coffee pot with the material to he steeped in the water or out of the same.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a. longitudinal section ot a coffee or tea pot with the improved dripper and steeper in lowered position;

liig. 2 is a similar view, with the device in draining position.

in the present embodiment of the invention a suitable container l is provided, in the present instance of 'truste-conical form, arranged with the small end downward and having the small end closed and forming the hottorn oi" the container. The container is provided with annular' seriesot perforations 2 in its side wall, and in its bottom, i'or permitting the infusion to drain away Jfrom the container, and at its top the oontainer has an outwardly flaring tlange 3. This flange is adapted to engage the head i at the top of a tea or coffee pot 5 ot usual construction, and Jche container is of such length that when the flange is engaged the bottom ot the container will he spaced a short distance ahove the bottom of the pot.

intermediate its ends the container has a ring 6 secured thereto and this ring is provided with hooks 7 at its opposite sides for engaging over the head ott the coffee potto support the container in the position shown in 2, that is, in draining position, with the perforations 2 above the level oit the water in the pot. From the ring arhandle 8 entends upwardly to above the flange 3, for convenience'in manipulating the container, and a suitable cover 9 is provided, fitting into the top of the container, and forming a handle for convenience in handling the cover.

In operation, the tea or coifee is placed in Specification of Letters Patent.

the pot.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

Serial No. 332.460.

the container, and it is lowered by means ot the handle 8 into the water in the pot', taking the position shown in F ig. l. After the material has heen sufficiently steeped the container is raised until the hooks 7 engage the bead of the coiiee pot, and the device lsnow supported out of the water in Jthe p ot, in position nfor draining. The per` rorations 2 may he of anj)7 desired size -and number for the purpose.

Referring to Fig. 2 it will he noticed that the flange 3 at the top of the container l is notched to permit the-passage of the handie 8.

claim:

l. device of the character specied comprising a container having an open top and having perforations in its side wall near its bottom, said container having a marginall; extending flange at its top for engagino;V

the top of a coffee pot, and having hooks intermediate its ends for engaging the top of the pot to support the container with its bottom out o1 contact with the water in the pot, a ring encircling` the container from which the hooks entend, said ring having a handle extending ahove the top of the container, said container being truste-conical and having its large end upward.

2. A device of the character speciiied comprising a pertorate container having a marginally extending dange at its top 'for engaging the top of a coffee pot, and having hooks intermediate its ends for engaging the top ot the pot to support the container with its bottom out ot contact with the water in the pot, and a. ring encircling the container from which the hooks extend, said ring hav ing a handle extending above the top of the container.

3. A device of the character speciiied comprising a perforate container having a marginally extending iiange at its top for engaging the top oi? a coiiee pot, and having hooks intermediate its ends for engaging the top o 't the pot to support the container with its bottom out of Contact with the water inV the pot.

a. A device of the character specified, comprising a pertorate container having means at its top for engaging the top of a pot to support the container 1n the pot and having means intermediate its top and bottom for engaging the top of the pot to support the container out of the water in GEORGE HABBERTON NICHOLLS. 

